haster

Middle French

Verb

haster

1. (transitive) to hurry
   • 1595, Michel de Montaigne, Essais, book II, chapter 2:

     Ils disent, que le Philosophe Stilpon aggravé de vieillesse, hasta sa fin à escient, par le breuvage de vin pur

     they said that the philosopher Stilpon, under the influence of old age, knowingly hurried along the end of his life by drinking pure wine

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of haster

infinitive	simple	haster
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	hastant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		hasté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	haste	hastes	haste	hastons	hastez	hastent
	imperfect	hastois, hastoys	hastois, hastoys	hastoit, hastoyt	hastions, hastyons	hastiez, hastyez	hastoient, hastoyent
	past historic	hasta	hastas	hasta	hastasmes	hastastes	hasterent
	future	hasterai, hasteray	hasteras	hastera	hasterons	hasterez	hasteront
	conditional	hasterois, hasteroys	hasterois, hasteroys	hasteroit, hasteroyt	hasterions, hasteryons	hasteriez, hasteryez	hasteroient, hasteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	haste	hastes	haste	hastons	hastez	hastent
	imperfect	hastasse	hastasses	hastast	hastassions	hastassiez	hastassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	haste	—	hastons	hastez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish.

Verb

haster

1. (reflexive, se haster) to hurry up; to act rapidly

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of haster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		haster			avoir hasté
gerund		en hastant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		hastant
past participle		hasté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	hast	hastes	haste	hastons	hastez	hastent
	imperfect	hastoie, hasteie, hastoe, hasteve	hastoies, hasteies, hastoes, hasteves	hastoit, hasteit, hastot, hasteve	hastiiens, hastiens	hastiiez, hastiez	hastoient, hasteient, hastoent, hastevent
	preterite	hastai	hastas	hasta	hastames	hastastes	hasterent
	future	hasterai	hasteras	hastera	hasterons	hasteroiz, hastereiz, hasterez	hasteront
	conditional	hasteroie, hastereie	hasteroies, hastereies	hasteroit, hastereit	hasteriiens, hasteriens	hasteriiez, hasteriez	hasteroient, hastereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	hast	haz	hast	hastons	hastez	hastent
	imperfect	hastasse	hastasses	hastast	hastissons, hastissiens	hastissoiz, hastissez, hastissiez	hastassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	haste	—	hastons	hastez	—

Related terms

• hastif

Descendants

• French: hâter